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Writings by Kirk McElhearn
Do you think it’s a good idea? A bad idea? Or do you not have an opinion either way?
Vote in my poll (look in the left column) and share your opinion.
It’s just another option to turn off. I was never concerned that it was ‘spy’
ware, and was surprised anyone has made any big deal out of it.
John Gruber said it best at Daring Fireball (edit)
"Apple’s mistake wasn’t that they added spyware to iTunes, because they
didn’t, but rather that the way the feature was introduced made it possible to
be misconstrued as spyware. How do I turn this off? When I turn off the
display of the MiniStore, does that stop the transmission of information? Does
Apple keep this information about my listening habits? The answers to these
questions were not apparent.
I think the explanation is simply that the iTunes team didn’t anticipate that
the MiniStore feature could be misconstrued  they knew it wasn’t the least
bit nefarious, and assumed users would trust them."
http://daringfireball.net/2006/01/itunes_ministore
It’s just another option to turn off. I was never concerned that it was ‘spy’
ware, and was surprised anyone has made any big deal out of it.
John Gruber said it best at Daring Fireball (edit)
"Apple’s mistake wasn’t that they added spyware to iTunes, because they
didn’t, but rather that the way the feature was introduced made it possible to
be misconstrued as spyware. How do I turn this off? When I turn off the
display of the MiniStore, does that stop the transmission of information? Does
Apple keep this information about my listening habits? The answers to these
questions were not apparent.
I think the explanation is simply that the iTunes team didn’t anticipate that
the MiniStore feature could be misconstrued  they knew it wasn’t the least
bit nefarious, and assumed users would trust them."
http://daringfireball.net/2006/01/itunes_ministore